JP4667484B2 - Image editing system, image editing method, program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a document management image editing system, and more particularly to an image editing operation of an image file in a document management system that stores and manages image files.

When distributing image data stored and managed in a document management system to the outside via a network, etc., if the image file is distributed as it is, secret information such as monetary information and personal information that you do not want to disclose will be leaked to the outside. Occurs. In order to prevent this, the method of temporarily printing the contents of the image data on paper, hiding some information on the paper with a magic, etc., and distributing the paper again has been adopted. Also, when this work is to be performed electronically, existing image editing apparatuses hide information by drawing a black rectangle or the like on the original image when masking processing is performed on the original image. However, this causes a problem that even the information held on the original image is lost.
Therefore, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-108781 discloses that the contents of this area can be confirmed even after masking processing is input, and that black frames that do not need to be confirmed later can be completely changed to white. An image processing apparatus configured as described above is disclosed. According to this, image processing means for processing an image signal, display means for displaying the processed image, area input means such as a touch panel for inputting an area to be erased in the displayed image, and the input area For example, a masking means for displaying the image in black and white so as to be distinguishable from other areas and a black frame erasing means for erasing the black frame in the image.
JP-A-5-108781

Although there is a method of performing masking processing while leaving the original image as described in Patent Document 1, there is a problem that information can be hidden in this system, but information cannot be hidden when distributed to the outside. .
In view of such a problem, the present invention performs a masking process at an arbitrary position in an image when an image file is displayed, and allows the user to select whether or not to fix the mask information when writing to the outside. Another object of the present invention is to provide a document management image editing system capable of hiding an arbitrary place of an original image when a target file is displayed externally.

For the present invention to solve the above problems, according to claim 1, a reading means for reading the image file from the image database for storing the image file, the masking image data included in the image file synthesis Determining means for determining whether or not the extended information, which is information to be included, is included in the image file, and displaying the image data included in the image file on an editable display means according to the determination by the determining means Image display means for image processing, image editing means for adding the masking object to the image data displayed on the image display means, and image data storage means for saving the image data displayed on the display means in the image file The image display means includes the image file when the extended information is not included in the image file. When the first image data included is displayed and the extended information is included in the image file, the second image data included in the image file and the masking object included in the extended information are used. The masking object is combined with the second image data and displayed, and the image data storage means displays the displayed image data when the displayed image data does not include the masking object. When the masked object added by the image editing means is included in the stored and displayed image data, the displayed image data is used as the first image data in the image file. Save the image data included in the image file as the second image data, and And wherein the image editing system that stores the extension information of the scan King objects.
The present invention relates to a document management system and an image editing apparatus for performing image editing on an image data file stored in a document management system, saving the file as a file, and writing the file as a file outside the document management system when necessary In, when an image file is displayed, a masking process is performed at an arbitrary position in the image, and it is possible to select whether to fix the mask information when writing to the outside. When displayed, an arbitrary place of the original image can be hidden.
According to this invention, it is possible to perform masking processing at an arbitrary position in the image and to select whether or not to fix the mask information when writing to the outside. In addition, it is possible to confirm which position of the image data is to be masked before determining the masking information. Further, the masking item can be deleted or changed until the masking information is determined.
In the case of conventional masking, original data is often lost. Therefore, in the present invention, when the end of image editing is instructed, the original data and the coordinate information and size information of the masking object are individually stored and the file is closed. Therefore, you can always see the original data in the system and know which part is masked.
According to this invention, since the original data and the coordinate information and size information of the masking object are stored separately, it is possible to prevent the original data of the masked portion from being lost.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the image editing system according to the first aspect, the first image data is displayed when the image data is displayed in an image editing system other than the image editing system according to the first aspect. The second image data and the extended information that are used are not used when displaying image data in an image editing system other than the image editing system according to claim 1.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the image editing system according to the first or second aspect, the extended information includes the number of masking objects, the type of masking, coordinate information, and size information.
  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the image editing system according to any one of the first to third aspects, the image display unit is instructed to add the masking object by the image editing unit. The position in the data is displayed in reverse.

The invention of claim 5 is an image editing method of an image editing system comprising reading means, determination means, image display means, image editing means, and image data storage means, wherein the reading means comprises: a step of reading the image file from the image database for storing the image file, said determination means, wherein the information for synthesizing the masking image data included in the image file extension information the image Determining whether the image is included in a file; and displaying the image data included in the image file on an editable display unit according to the determination by the determination unit; Editing means for adding the masking object to the image data displayed on the image display means; and Storing the image data displayed on the display means in the image file, and the image display means is included in the image file when the extended information is not included in the image file. When the first image data is displayed and the extended information is included in the image file, the second image data included in the image file and the masking object included in the extended information are used. The masking object is combined with the second image data and displayed, and the image data storage means stores the displayed image data when the displayed image data does not include the masking object. The masking object added by the image editing means is included in the displayed image data. The image data displayed in the image file is stored as the first image data, the image data included in the image file is stored as the second image data, and the masking object It features an image editing method for storing the extended information.
The present invention has the same effect as that of the first aspect.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program for causing a computer to execute the image editing method according to the fifth aspect.
According to this invention, by programming the image editing method of the present invention according to an OS that can be controlled by a computer, any computer equipped with the OS can be controlled by the same processing method.
The invention according to claim 7 is characterized by a computer-readable recording medium storing the program according to claim 6.
According to this invention, by recording the program on a recording medium in a computer-readable format, the program can be operated anywhere by carrying the recording medium.

As described above, in the present invention, masking processing can be performed at an arbitrary position in an image, and whether or not mask information should be fixed when writing to the outside can be selected, so that an arbitrary portion of an image file can be hidden. Before the masking information is determined, it is possible to confirm which position of the image data is to be masked. Further, the masking item can be deleted or changed until the masking information is determined. In addition, since the original data and the coordinate information and size information of the masking object are stored separately, it is possible to prevent the original data of the masked portion from being lost.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings. However, the components, types, combinations, shapes, relative arrangements, and the like described in this embodiment are merely illustrative examples and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention only unless otherwise specified. .
FIG. 1 is a module configuration diagram of a document management and image editing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The image editing system includes a user interface display unit 1 that displays a saved image file and an image being edited for a user, and displays a dialog and a message for prompting an operation, and is stored in a document management system. Data access means 3 for exchanging image files and information, a document management engine 4 for managing the document management system, a document management database 5 for storing image data and document information, and an image Image data expansion means 6 for reading a file, analyzing the structure of the file data and expanding it in the memory, editing image generation means 7 for drawing a figure or the like in the memory according to the user's operation during image editing, and memory Image data to be written to a file with image data and masking item information Configured to include a storage unit 8, and a processing control unit 2 for controlling the respective means constituting.
An image editing system of the present invention is a document management system that performs image editing of an image data file stored in a document management system, saves the file as a file, and writes the file as a file outside the document management system when necessary. An image editing apparatus that performs masking processing at an arbitrary position in the image when the image file is displayed, and allows the user to select whether to fix the mask information when exporting the image file to the outside. When an object file is displayed outside, an arbitrary place of the original image can be hidden.

FIG. 2 is a view showing an example of a screen at the time of image editing showing an embodiment of the present invention. The image 13 at the position instructed to add the masking item to the image 10 being edited is displayed inverted. As an operation, when the user instructs to display the image file in the viewer, the target image file 10 is displayed in the viewer, and when the image editing is instructed, the processing icon list 11 for the image is displayed on the toolbar on the image display unit. . A masking item 12 is selected from the processing icons 11 and the start position of the masking area is designated by clicking the mouse cursor on the image, and the masking area 13 is designated by moving the mouse cursor as it is.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a file data structure of an image file according to an embodiment of the present invention. The image file data 20 includes header information 21, extended header information 22, image data 23, and original image data 24. The extension header information 22 includes an extension header information version 22a, the number of masking objects 22b, masking types 22c corresponding to the number of masking objects, coordinate information 22d, and size information 22e. In other image editing systems, the extended header information 22 and the original image data 24 are ignored and displayed. When the main image file is displayed by the image editing system of the present invention, the extended header information 22 is valid. When the main image file is displayed, the original image data 24 is displayed and stored in the extended header information 22. The displayed masking objects are combined and displayed.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when an image file of the present invention is operated for viewer display. First, when image editing is instructed for an image file, the processing control unit 2 uses the data access unit 3 to form an image file that constitutes a document stored in the document management database 5 managed by the document management engine 4. And the file is opened (S1). Next, the processing control means 2 calls the image data expansion means 6 to determine whether or not an extension header exists in the file data (S2). If there is no extension header (NO route in S2), the image Data is read (S3) and an image is displayed (S9). If there is an extension header in step S2 (YES route in S2), the version in the extension header is checked (S4), the number of masking objects in the extension header is obtained (S5), the coordinate information and size of the masking object Information is acquired for the number of masking objects (S6). Then, the original data is read (S7), and the editing image generation means 7 creates an image image to be displayed by synthesizing the image of the masking object with the original data image (S8). The prepared image is displayed based on the data (S9).

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure at the end of viewer display or at the end of image editing according to the present invention. First, when an instruction to end image editing is given, it is determined whether or not a masking object exists in the displayed image (S11). If there is no masking object (NO route in S11), the current image is written to the target file (S12), and the target file is closed (S18). If there is a masking object in step S11 (YES route in S11), the version information is written in the extension header information (S13), the number of masking objects existing in the displayed image is obtained (S14), and the masking object is obtained. Coordinate information and size information are written for several minutes (S15), and further memory information is written to the target file (S16). Then, the original data held in the original image file is written (S17), and the target file is closed (S18).
In a document management system and an image editing system according to another embodiment, a plurality of masking objects such as a rectangle, a line, a circle, and a polygon are prepared and displayed as a work icon on the toolbar when the user performs masking. . Thereby, it is possible to provide a function for masking an arbitrary circular area or polygonal area in the image data.
In a document management system and an image editing system according to another embodiment, a means for displaying a property of a masking object is provided so that a rectangular frame display method, a rectangular fill pattern, and a color can be selected on the property screen. . By designating the masking portion by an arbitrary display method in this way, it is possible to provide a function that can identify which portion is masked.

It is a module block diagram of the document management and image editing system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen at the time of the image edit which shows one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the file data structure of the image file of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence when carrying out the viewer display operation of the image file of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence at the time of the end of the viewer display of this invention, or the end of image editing.

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  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 User interface display means, 2 Processing control means, 3 Data access means, 4 Document management engine, 5 Document management database, 6 Image data expansion | deployment means, 7 Editing image generation means, 8 Image data storage means

Claims (7)

A reading means for reading the image file from the image database for storing the image file,
Determining means for determining whether or not the extended information, which is information for combining masking with the image data included in the image file, is included in the image file;
Image display means for displaying image data included in the image file on an editable display means in accordance with the determination by the determination means;
Image editing means for adding the masking object to the image data displayed on the image display means;
Image data storage means for storing the image data displayed on the display means in the image file;
With
The image display means includes
When the extended information is not included in the image file, the first image data included in the image file is displayed,
When the extended information is included in the image file, the masking object is added to the second image data by using the second image data included in the image file and the masking object included in the extended information. Combined and displayed,
The image data storage means includes
When the displayed image data does not include the masking object, the displayed image data is saved,
When the displayed image data includes the masking object added by the image editing means, the displayed image data is stored as the first image data in the image file, An image editing system for storing image data contained in the image file as the second image data and storing extended information of the masking object. The first image data is
It is used when displaying image data in an image editing system other than the image editing system according to claim 1,
The second image data and the extended information are:
The image editing system according to claim 1, wherein the image editing system is not used when displaying image data in an image editing system other than the image editing system according to claim 1.   3. The image editing system according to claim 1, wherein the extended information includes the number of masking objects, the type of masking, coordinate information, and size information.   4. The image editing system according to claim 1, wherein the image display unit reversely displays a position in the image data instructed to add the masking object by the image editing unit. 5. . An image editing method of an image editing system comprising reading means, determination means, image display means, image editing means, and image data storage means,
A step of said reading means reads the image file from the image database for storing the image file,
The step of determining whether or not the image file includes extended information that is information for combining masking with image data included in the image file;
The image display means displaying the image data included in the image file on an editable display means according to the determination of the determination means;
The image editing means adding the masking object to the image data displayed on the image display means;
The image storage means storing the image data displayed on the display means in the image file;
With
The image display means includes
When the extended information is not included in the image file, the first image data included in the image file is displayed,
When the extended information is included in the image file, the masking object is added to the second image data by using the second image data included in the image file and the masking object included in the extended information. Combined and displayed,
The image data storage means includes
When the displayed image data does not include the masking object, the displayed image data is saved,
When the displayed image data includes the masking object added by the image editing means, the displayed image data is stored as the first image data in the image file, An image editing method comprising: saving image data included in the image file as the second image data; and saving extended information of the masking object.   A program for causing a computer to execute the image editing method according to claim 5.   A computer-readable recording medium storing the program according to claim 6.

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